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Poetic Edda

50. Long the woman,  linen-decked, pondered,——Young she was,—  and weighed her words:"For my sake now  shall none unwillingOr loath to die  her life lay down.
51.[1] "But little of gems  to gleam on your limbsYe then shall find  when forth ye fareTo follow me,  or of Menja's wealth...............
52.[2] "Sit now, Gunnar!  for I shall speakOf thy bride so fair  and so fain to die;Thy ship in harbor  home thou hast not,Although my life  I now have lost.
53.[3] "Thou shalt Guthrun requite  more quick than thou thinkest,..............Though sadly mourns  the maiden wiseWho dwells with the king,  o'er her husband dead.

    "of their plans they thought," which involves a metrical error.

  1. ↑ No gap indicated in the manuscript; many editions place it between lines 3 and 4. Menja's wealth: gold; the story of the mill Grotti, whereby the giantesses Menja and Fenja ground gold for King Frothi, is told in the Grottasongr.
  2. ↑ With this stanza begins Brynhild's prophesy of what is to befall Gunnar, Guthrun, Atli, and the many others involved in their fate. Line 3 is a proverbial expression meaning simply "your troubles are not at an end."
  3. ↑ No gap is indicated in the manuscript; one suggestion for line 2 runs: "Grimhild shall make her  to laugh once

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